(ANCHORAGE, AK) – The Alaska Department of Public Safety (DPS) has released the 2022 Crime in Alaska Report and Alaska Felony Sex Offense Report. Both reports provide detailed property and violent crime statistics and analysis specific to Alaska. In 2022, the overall number of crimes reported decreased by 1.6%. Additionally, the number of rapes reported […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Nicholas J. Hunnicutt, a former Chief of Police for the village of Saint Paul on Saint Paul Island, was convicted by a jury Tuesday of sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree. The abuse occurred in 2015 on the Island of St. Paul and involved a 14-year-old minor who was […]
The Justice Department announced Wednesday the awarding of $69,632,900 through 212 awards in the Department’s Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside (TVSSA) program, which provides support to American Indian and Alaska Native communities across the country to enhance services for victims of crime, consistent with the requirements of the Victims of Crime Act. These awards will fund […]
FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office Caution Travelers Amid Rise in Criminal Conduct on Commercial Aircraft ANCHORAGE – On June 24, 2023, the FBI arrested Christian David Burch, 37, of Minneapolis, MN, for multiple crimes aboard an aircraft to include interference with flight crew members and attendants, and simple assault within maritime and territorial jurisdiction. On Saturday, […]